A silent march-Post covid fibrosis in asymptomatics – A cause for concern?

We report a case series of patients presenting with undiagnosed pulmonary fibrosis as a primary manifestation. On evaluation, after excluding other causes, the fibrosis was attributed to asymptomatic or mild COVID illness in the past. This case series serves to highlight the difficulties posed to cl...

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Autores principales: Antony, Thomas, Vishak Acharya, K., Unnikrishnan, B., Keerthi, N.S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tuberculosis Association of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9131542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37100584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2022.05.004
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Sumario:We report a case series of patients presenting with undiagnosed pulmonary fibrosis as a primary manifestation. On evaluation, after excluding other causes, the fibrosis was attributed to asymptomatic or mild COVID illness in the past. This case series serves to highlight the difficulties posed to clinicians while evaluating pulmonary fibrosis in the post-COVID era, more so in mild to asymptomatic COVID-19. The intriguing possibility of fibrosis setting even in mild to asymptomatic COVID is discussed.

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